MATAGORDA CEMETERY BURIALS

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Additional information and links to obituaries will be added as time permits.

* Indicates information from the Social Security Death Index.
 


Veteran abbreviations
 

1812 - War of 1812

TXREV - Texas Revolution

CWC - Civil War Confederate Service
CWU - Civil War Union Serivce

VET - Served during peace time or service unknown

KO - Korea

VN - Vietnam

REV - Revolutionary War

WWI - World War I

 WWII - World War II


 

Matagorda Cemetery Burials
 
A-B C-D-E F-G-H-I J-K-L-M N-O-P-Q
R S T-U-V W-Y-Z Unknown

 

 

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NAME

PIC BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION VET LOC

Wade, Max Edward (h/o Suzanne Wade)

  02 Sep 1932 29 Apr 2023   V  

Wadsworth, Albert

PIC 1813 1862   CWC
PAT
B-123

Wadsworth, Edward

PIC 1849 1917     B-120

Wadsworth, Julia Amelia Hodges (w/o William B. Wadsworth)

  1846 10 Apr 1899 Sacred to the memory of Julia Amelia, Beloved wife of W. B. Wadsworth Born 1846 - Died 1899 Trembling she let go my hand, Trembling she passed down the strand And out alone on unknown sea, But God is there, His loving care Will guide and keep her through Eternity.   C-042

Wadsworth, Mary Mackey

PIC 1817 1862     B-127

Wadsworth, Ned

    23 Dec 1917 [dc: about 67 years old]    

Wadsworth, Ruth Denison

  1854 1964     B-128

Wadsworth, Thomas Mackey

  1845 31 Dec 1863   CWC B-124

Wadsworth, William Bryant (h/o Julia Amelia Wadsworth)

  24 Jun 1843 28 Apr 1911 Born in Matagorda CWC C-041

Walker, Benjamin A.

    Feb 2014      

Walker, Benjamin Aitken

  05 Oct 1915 19 Aug 1969     E-127

Walker, Benjamin Atken (h/o Jennifer Walker)

PIC 15 May 1981 06 Jun 2015      

Walker, Jerry Lee (w/o Hazel Walker)

  08 Nov 1934 22 May 1990   KO E-222

Walker, John Leonard "Sleepy" (s/o Lee W. & Pearlie Schmerber Walker)

PIC 16 Jun 1911 22 Oct 1927 He is not dead, but sleepeth   E-126

Walker, Lotus Ione [Montague Head]

PIC 16 Nov 1945 16 Jan 2010      

Walker, Nina Evelyn Brannon (w/o Benjamin A. Walker)

  18 Dec 1914 06 Jun 1991     E-296

Walker, Rex

    28 Aug 2019      

Walker, Stacey Ann

PIC 21 Apr 1978 1978     E-223

Wall, Sarah (w/o of Gerhard Wall)

  25 Sep 1852 18 Oct 1921      

Walton, Benjamin H.

  1842 31 Dec 1863   CWC B-022

Ward, Mrs.

PIC         C-90

Ward, Fay

    02 Apr 1950     C

Warner, Christy Dawn

  28 Feb 1971 30 Jun 2022      

Warner, William Henry, Sr. (h/o Jo Ann Walker Warner)

PIC 27 Oct 1932 31 Mar 2003   V E

Watkins, Benjamin Brown

PIC 10 Oct 1876 14 Mar 1943 Father [dc: dob 1877]   C-006

Watkins, Berry Ross (h/o Minnie Stevens Watkins)

pic 1878 1939     D-078

Watkins, Catherine Ann Doss (w/o Wilburn G. Watkins)

PIC 26 Sep 1904 03 Apr 1971     E-164

Watkins, Drew W.

  1868 1911     E-049

Watkins, Edward Jessie

pic 18 Oct 1889 17 Jul 1938     D-080

Watkins, Gus Edward

PIC 1904 21 Dec 1967  Aged 63 yrs   C-008

Watkins, Iola Ulavar Raymond (w/o Savage Lincoln Watkins)

PIC 20 Sep 1911 03 Jun 1975     C-093

Watkins, J. B.

pic 11 Sep 1852 12 Nov 1924 Father At Rest   D-081

Watkins, James Manly

pic 17 Apr 1884 03 May 1950     D-082

Watkins, Jewel

pic 1906 1908     D-288

Watkins, Keller Ross (s/o M/M Ross Watkins)

pic 1912 1915     D-289

Watkins, Leila Viola Gottschalk (w/o William Wilburn Watkins)

PIC 09 Mar 1885 03 Dec 1972     E-272

Watkins, Lila J.

PIC 24 Nov 1881 29 Jan 1959 Mother   C-007

Watkins, M. L.

pic 30 Jan 1853 02 Jul 1926 Mother At Rest   D-250

Watkins, Minnie Stevens (w/o Berry Ross Watkins)

pic 01 Jan 1889 09 Nov 1947     D-079

Watkins, Nora Ellen Vogg

  04 Aug 1872 01 Feb 1956      

Watkins, Rose Horn

pic 08 Feb 1883 12 Mar 1982     D-082B

Watkins, Ross

  1912 1915      

Watkins, Savage Lincoln (h/o Iola Ulavar Raymond Watkins)

PIC 01 Nov 1905 04 Apr 1988 [Mason]   C-092

Watkins, Wilburn G. (h/o Catherine Ann Doss Watkins)

PIC 24 Feb 1905 09 Jul 1972     E-271

Watkins, William Wilburn (h/o Leila Gottschalk Watkins)

PIC 05 May 1880 10 Mar 1963     E-163

Watkins, Willie Belle

PIC 26 Jun 1907 11 Nov 1984     C-091

Watson, James Samuel

PIC 27 Feb 1847 05 Feb 1849     B-183

Watson, Lynn Clayton

PIC 27 Sep 1884 29 Jan 1973     C-097

Watson, Mary Anna

PIC 10 May 1848 07 Feb 1849     B-184

Watson, Myrtle Duffy

PIC 06 May 1894 16 May 1952     C-062

Watson, Randy Steven

PIC 23 Mar 1951 19 Mar 1999   VN  

Weatherford, Vernon William

  12 Dec 1966 06 Aug 2023      

Weaver, Cathy Ann (w/o Ronald Lee Weaver)

  31 Aug 1951 01 Mar 2015      

Weaver, Charlie T. (h/o Gwendolyn Sterry Weaver)

PIC 18 Jun 1912 03 Feb 1974 F2 USNR World War II WWII B-213

Weaver, Gwendolyn Sterry (w/o Charlie T. Weaver)

PIC 15 Feb 1917 02 Apr 1972     B-074

Weaver, Ronald Lee (h/o Cathy Ann Weaver)

PIC 03 Jun 1951 08 Dec 2006   VN  

Webb, Spencer Clayton "Buddy" II (h/o Vicky Broomfield)

PIC 09 Dec 1948 07 Dec 1988     C-113

Weldon, C.

          E-049

West, Mardell Dewey (h/o Virginia Nell Brntley West)

PIC 20 Mar 1929 15 Aug 2011 Married Nov. 14, 1949 - Mason   E

West, Virginia Nell Brantley (w/o Mardell Dewey West)

PIC 16 Feb 1929 06 Jan 2011 Married Nov. 14, 1949 - Eastern Star   E

Westbrook, Stephen W.

PIC 10 Feb 1951 06 Dec 1991     C-127

Westbrook, Tommie Jean Weaver (w/o Billie Westbrook)

PIC 26 Oct 1933 16 May 2004     C

Whisenant, Elmer Howard (h/o Martha Ann Smith Whisenant)

  28 May 1939 20 Nov 2020      

Whisenant, Martha Ann Smith (w/o Elmer Howard Whisenant)

  16 May 1942 12 Aug 2018      

Whitaker, C. J.

pic 20 Apr 1920 20 Apr 1920 Our Darling   D-008

White, Isaac M.

PIC 05 Aug 1877 25 Jul 1942 Father   D-064

White, Linda Rose

PIC 03 Dec 1953 09 Feb 1989     A-022A

White, Mark Shane

PIC 02 Jan 1965 23 Dec 1997     C

White, Mary E.

pic 18 Feb 1855 25 Jul 1855 Children of N. C. and C. White   D-012

White,

    1987      

White, Thomas A.

pic 12 Aug 1847 15 Sep 1854 Children of N. C. and C. White   D-011

White, William Peter "Red" (h/o Olla Mae White)

PIC 12 Oct 1918 24 May 1998   WWII C

Whitmore, Luezer

  16 May 1842 14 Jan 1925 Into thy hands I commend my spirit   D-102

Wightman, Benjamin W.

PIC 31 Aug 1755 01 Aug 1830 Landed at Matagorda Jan. 1, 1829 First settlers and first buried in Matagorda Cemetery. [Historical marker] REV
WAR
B-163

Wightman, Esther Randall

PIC 14 Dec 1758 20 Jun 1830 Landed at Matagorda Jan. 1, 1829 First settlers and first buried in Matagorda Cemetery. [Historical marker]   B-164

Wilburn, Stanley William

PIC          

Wilburn, Violet E., Mrs.

PIC 09 Apr 1895 21 Apr 1920 Come Ye Blessed   B-143

Wilkinson, Ann Bateman, Mrs. (w/o John F. Wilkinson)

  07 Dec 1807 08 Apr 1875 In memory of Mrs. Ann Wilkinson Born Franklin, Tenn. Died Matagorda, Texas   D-180

Wilkinson, John F. (h/o Ann Bateman Wilkinson)

    12 Dec 1840 In memory of; Died Matagorda, Texas   D-180

Williams, Amanda

  06 May 1888 07 May 1952     A-152

Williams, Aubry

  07 Jan 1911* 05 Jan 1988*     D-274

Williams, Caroline L. Yeamans (w/o of James Francis Williams)

PIC 09 Apr 1852 14 Dec 1919 At rest   D-041

Williams, Charles

PIC 06 Oct 1879 04 Mar 1950     A-151

Williams, Charles "C. P.", Jr.

PIC 07 Oct 1911 29 Sep 1976     E-268

Williams, Charles Elmo

PIC 12 Apr 1912 07 Dec 1948     A-153

Williams, Charles M.

  07 Sep 1932 14 Oct 1983   KO D-287

Williams, Charles P. (h/o Daisy Estelle Phillips Williams)

PIC 17 Oct 1873 30 Aug 1950 Father   E-182

Williams, Charles R. "Charlie" (h/o Dena Bell Rebecca Williams)

PIC 28 Jun 1895 03 Aug 1962   WWI E-124

Williams, Daisy Estelle Phillips (w/o Charles P. Williams)

PIC 31 Dec 1880 18 Jun 1941 Mother   E-183

Williams, Darwin M.

PIC 25 May 1893 03 Nov 1954 Texas Sgt. 1 Army Arty Park World War I WWI D-038

Williams, Dena Bell Rebecca (w/o Charles R. "Charlie" Williams)

PIC 29 Jan 1909 29 Nov 1955     E-123

Williams, Dinsmore

  25 Nov 1899* Mar 1977*      

Williams, Dorothy Janice "Tiny" (w/o C. P. Williams)

PIC 17 Feb 1915 25 Aug 1979     E-269

Williams, Dylan Scott (s/o Keith Robert & Bonnie Lee Baker Williams)

PIC 02 Apr 1998 30 May 1998      

Williams, Ellen "Wee Bea" Crow (w/o Preston Williams)

PIC 03 Nov 1917 12 Feb 2004      

Williams, Gertrude

  1909       D-275

Williams, James F. "Jimbo" (h/o Phyllis Hustead Williams)

PIC 08 Aug 1908 13 Jan 1988     E-267

Williams, J. H.

  02 May 1877 08 Sep 1900 Woodmen of the World Memorial Dum Tacet Clamat   D-040

Williams, James Francis (w/o Caroline L. Yeamans Williams)

PIC 12 Jul 1849 30 Nov 1938 At rest   D-251

Williams, James Preston (Maria Graciela Ortiz Williams)

PIC 29 Oct 1938 07 Apr 2015      

Williams, Jennie Ochs

  01 Jul 1902 11 Sep 1976     B-291

Williams, John May

PIC 18 Jan 1891 21 Oct 1918   WWI D-039

Williams, John A.

  04 Mar 1851 24 Jan 1920 Born on Matagorda Peninsula Died at Matagorda, Texas Come ye blessed [death certificate gives 15 Mar 1851 as dob]   D-042

Williams, Katherine E.

PIC 1828 1914 In memory of our darling mother Katherine E. Williams 1828-1914 We miss thee from thy place, Shadow o'er our life is cast. We miss the sunshine of thy face. We miss thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care, Our home is dark without thee--We miss thee everywhere.   C-020

Williams, Laura Green

  15 Mar 1914 03 Sep 1951 Mother   A-016

Williams, Leonard

PIC 13 Apr 1948 15 Oct 1982     A-117

Williams, Leon

PIC 12 Feb 1947 30 Jan 1971     A-014

Williams, Margret Amanda Stuart (w/o Thomas Atkin Williams)

PIC 28 Feb 1884 04 Mar 1933     D-084

Williams, Margaret Elizabeth Baxter (w/o William Elias Williams)

  29 Jan 1880 09 Dec 1927     B-002

Williams, Mazie B.

PIC 11 Mar 1934 09 Feb 1989     A-22B

Williams, Phyllis Hustead (w/o James F. "Jimbo" Williams)

PIC 07 Mar 1912 7 Jul 2007     E-266

Williams, Preston Bruce (h/o Margaret Ellen "Wee Bee" Crow)

PIC 05 Jul 1904 16 Apr 1964     E-015

Williams, Raymond Dinsmore

  25 Nov 1899 10 Mar 1977     B-190

Williams, Ralph O.

  11 Apr 1901 15 Jun 1967 Age 66   A-017

Williams, Thomas Atkin (h/o Margaret Amanda Stuart Williams)

PIC 25 Apr 1871 13 Nov 1958     D-085

Williams, William Elias

  10 May 1875 21 Aug 1950     B-001

Wilson, Christopher Kyle

  25 May 1973 16 Oct 2022      

Wilson, Linda Grace Vance (w/o Robert Wilson)

PIC 31 Jan 1940 05 Nov 1996     E-302

Wilson, Richard Lynn

  24 Apr 1955 20 Oct 2022      

Winn, A. F.

  1884 22 Dec 1931      

Wofford, Ray Allen

  16 Dec 1948 04 Jun 1990     D-263

Wood, Carl J. (h/o Louella Y. Wood)

  02 Aug 1905 19 Dec 1982 US Navy World War II WWII E-279

Wood, John K.

  1892 1967     E-055

Wood, Louella Y. (w/o Carl J. Wood)

  22 Jan 1913 27 Oct 1988     E-280

Wood, Mary Bell

  1896 1976      

Wormley, Jesse L., Jr.

           

Wormley, Mildred Hawes

PIC 25 Dec 1924 22 Mar 2002      

Wright, Buster

  25 Feb 1902 26 Nov 1962 I have kept the faith   A-008

Wright, Catherine H. (w/o S. R. Wright)

  03 Feb 1812 12 Oct 1890 Wife of Rev. S. R. Wright I know that my redeemer liveth   D-198

Wright, Charles (h/o Lynn Wright)

  22 May 1940 08 Dec 2014      

Wright, Halina

  10 Jun 1950 25 Feb 2019      

Wright, S. R., Rev. (h/o Catherine H. Wright)

      Hic jacet Requiescat in pace   D-199

Wrigley, Henry

PIC   16 Dec 1853 Age 43 in Gonzales Co. Texas A native of England   B-080

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NAME

PIC BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION VET LOC

Yeamans, Asa (h/o Jerusha Wightman Yeamans)

  11 Oct 1772 Oct 1841     B-080

Yeamans, Asa Horace "Tinker" (h/o Bernice Augsberger Yeamans)

  19 Feb 1901 12 Apr 1982     E-288

Yeamans, Asa Horace, Jr. (h/o Verna Yeamans)

PIC 19 Dec 1935 26 Dec 2010     E?

Yeamans, Bernice Augsberger (w/o Asa Horace "Tinker" Yeamans)

pic 24 Aug 1909 28 Jan 1994      

Yeamans, Christine Bullock (w/o Dewey Yeamans)

pic 19 Feb 1900 16 Dec 1991     E-260

Yeamans, Dewey (h/o Christine Bullock Yeamans)

pic 13 May 1898* 03 Aug 1975*     E-246

Yeamans, M

  09 Apr 1936 11 Apr 1936     E-245

Yeamans, Douglas (h/o Bernice Augsberger Yeamans)

pic 30 Jul 1904 19 Feb 1932     E-137

Yeamans, Emma Louise Gottschalk (w/o Phillip Yeamans)

PIC 09 Mar 1880 04 Oct 1942 Mother   E-136

Yeamans, Emma P.

  1903 1924     E-136

Yeamans, Gustaor

  1909 1911     B-234

Yeamans, Hazel Bruce (w/o James R. Yeamans)

  1911 1969     D-269

Yeamans, Horace, Sr. (h/o Eliza Baxter Yeamans)

  05 Jul 1811 30 Apr 1904 In my Father's house are Many mansions. We'll join Thee in that Heavenly land no more to take the part TXREV E-090

Yeamans, James Robert (h/o Hazel Bruce Yeamans)

  15 Sep 1907 28 Jan 1979     D-268

Yeamans, Jerusha Wightman (w/o Asa Yeamans)

  1776 26 Nov 1844     E-289

Yeamans, Joe

PIC 10 Feb 1896 09 Oct 1918 Son Gone, but not forgotten WWI D-051

Yeamans, Joseph, Jr.

pic 13 Jul 1843 18 Aug 1928   CWC D

Yeamans, Joseph, Sr.

PIC 1810 1895   TXREV D-261

Yeamans, Margaret

PIC 1814 1897     D-262

Yeamans, Mary Watkins

  1850 1886     D-052

Yeamans, Pauline Bunk (w/o Phillip Yeamans)

PIC 19 Jun 1869 03 Jan 1936 Mother Rest in Peace   B-252

Yeamans, Phillip (h/o Emma Louise Gottschalk Yeamans)

PIC 09 Mar 1881 20 Jun 1940 Father   E-135

Yeamans, Phillip (h/o Pauline Bunk Williams)

PIC 21 Jul 1845 25 Sep 1931 Rest in Peace CWC D-050

Yeamans, Wayne E. (h/o Karen Yeamans)

  25 Jul 1943 12 Nov 2013      

Yeamans, Woodrow Wilson

pic 01 Feb 1913 27 Jul 1991      

Young, Gladys

PIC 27 Dec 1927 04 Dec 1972     D-261

Young, Wonder

PIC 22 Sep 1904 06 Aug 1978     A-116

Z

NAME

PIC BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION VET LOC

Zipprian, Catherine Shepherd

PIC 23 Apr 1823 15 Feb 1917
Mother He took thee from a world of care, an everlasting bliss to share.
  A-082

Zipprian, Charles W. (h/o Fannie Zipprian)

PIC 20 Sep 1875 08 Nov 1955     D-217

Zipprian, Christian (h/o Willhelminea Franz Zipprian)

  15 Jan 1843 24 May 1927   CWC C

Zipprian, Edward Edgar (h/o Minnie Belle Smith Zipprian)

PIC 17 Sep 1879 23 Apr 1927     C-026

Zipprian, Edward Louis (h/o Helen Bernice Hand Zipprian)

PIC 29 Jul 1911 18 Nov 1966     C-088

Zipprian, George Walter (h/o Adelaide Sigmund Zipprian)

  01 Jul 1878 07 Jul 1946      

Zipprian, Helen Bernice Hand (w/o Edward Louis Edward)

PIC 04 Nov 1911 03 Apr 1985     C-089

Zipprian, Jacob

PIC 17 Dec 1857 25 Jan 1913 God's finger touched him and he slept.   A-079

Zipprian, James H. (h/o Nora Zipprian)

  20 Jul 1871 20 Jun 1930      

Zipprian, John Conrad (h/o Ethel Ryan Zipprian)

PIC 07 Oct 1872 10 Jun 1935     C-029

Zipprian, Louis

PIC         A-080

Zipprian, Marie Louise Yearzley (w/o William Zipprian)

PIC 22 Mar 1857 08 Aug 1939     D-216

Zipprian,

          C-028

Zipprian, Willhelminea Franz (w/o Christian Zipprian)

  26 Oct 1839 05 Nov 1918     C-027

Zipprian, William (h/o Marie Louise Zipprian)

PIC 24 Dec 1849 25 Jun 1931     D-215

 

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